Island of the 'rabbit king'

We're talking about rabbits in the Geo Quiz this time: We are looking for the Spanish island that was home to some really big rabbits, about 3 to 5 million years ago. Researchers from Spain recently discovered an unusually large fossil rabbit skeleton on this island. This rabbit was six times larger than your average modern bunny. It probably weighed about 25 pounds.

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